Mai J M Chinapaw

Biographic Data

ID5898688
NAMEMai J M Chinapaw
GIVEN NAMESMai J M
FAMILY NAMEChinapaw
SIGNATURECHINAPAW M J M
AFFILIATIONSAmsterdam Public Health
ORCID0000-0001-6259-2441
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS69
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT69
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • A realist inspired barriers and facilitators evaluation of the co-creation process in the Youth-centred Participatory Action Project

    Open AccessMaria Fernanda S Souza, Mai J M Chinapaw et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2026

    This study examined barriers and facilitators of the first phase of the co-creation process as part of the Youth-centred Participatory Action (YoPA) project, a multi-country co-creation initiative to address health inequities by engaging adolescents in Denmark, Nigeria, South Africa, and the Netherlands. Using a qualitative design informed by implementation science and realist thinking, we analysed data from 22 transcripts of semi-structured inte…

  • Exploring age-friendly urban design through co-creation

    Open AccessJorge R Zapata-Restrepo, Giuliana Raffaella Longworth et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Design2026

    This study showcases a co-creative approach to urban design specifically tailored to meet the physical activity and socialization needs of older adults in Barcelona, Spain. It explores how older adults can be involved in the planning process of spaces that foster their physical and social activities. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research facilitated a collaborative design effort that engaged older adults, community stakeholders, and re…

  • Key considerations in applying youth participatory action research

    Open AccessKatrina Messiha, Mai J M Chinapaw et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    Youth participatory action research (YPAR) can offer young people opportunities to develop research skills and leadership. While YPAR is increasingly applied across diverse contexts, data on the considerations that guide the design, facilitation and implementation of YPAR is scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore academics’ and practitioners’ (i.e. non-academic professionals engaged in designing, facilitating or implementin…

  • Health and health literacy from the child’s perspective

    Open AccessWieke Van Boxtel, Mai J M Chinapaw et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025

    To promote health literacy (HL) in children, it is crucial to recognize their unique social environment, experiences, and comprehension of health and HL. This study aims to gain insight into the perspectives of children aged 9–12 years regarding health and HL within the context of health promotion. We conducted focus group discussions with children at three primary schools in the Netherlands, covering (i) What health means to children (ii) How th…

  • Co-creating a systems map with adolescents

    Open AccessL W Madsen, Charlotte Skau Pawlowski et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025

    A large number of adolescents, particularly adolescents from underserved neighborhoods, often fail to meet physical activity (PA) guidelines, increasing their risk of developing noncommunicable diseases. Physical inactivity among adolescents is considered a complex problem driven by multiple, interrelated factors, and participatory action research is a valuable approach for exploring and improving the systems that influence adolescents’ PA behavi…

  • A participatory needs assessment to map the system dynamics of overweight related behaviours of 10-14-year-old adolescents living in an underserved neighbourhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Open AccessHelga Emke, Rabab Chrifou et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Our novel approach combining PAR with systems thinking gained valuable insights into the system dynamics of EBRBs from the adolescent perspective. These insights can inform future interventions targeting systems change regarding EBRBs

  • A qualitative study into the perceptions and needs of fathers with a migration background on parenting regarding energy balance-related behaviors

    Open AccessMeredith L Overman, Roel C J Hermans et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    A deeper understanding of the needs, perceptions, and experiences of migrant populations concerning parenting regarding the promotion of healthy energy balance-related behaviors among their children can lead to better-tailored health promotion programs that prioritize cultural and linguistic inclusivity

  • Enriching the Existing Knowledge About Co-creation

    Open AccessKatrina Messiha, Teatske M Altenburg et al.ARTICLEMinerva2025References: 3

    Despite increasing popularity of co-creation approaches across various types of co-creation (e.g., value co-creation) and research fields, systematic and effective theory-building of co-creation research is generally lacking. We explored co-creation literature underpinned by explicit theory, taking a hybrid approach by combining a narrative literature review of studies in various research fields and a systematic literature review of studies in th…

  • Untangling the complex implementation process of community-based health promotion

    Open AccessIrma Huiberts, Amika Singh et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2024

    Community-based programmes are a widely implemented approach for population health promotion. Due to the context-dependent and dynamic nature of these programmes, evaluating their implementation is challenging. Identifying key events in the implementation process in evaluation could enable us to support future implementation, while acknowledging the complexity of real-world implementation. We studied the nationwide implementation of the Dutch Hea…

  • Applying systems thinking in youth-centred participatory action research for health promotion in an underserved neighbourhood

    Open AccessHelga Emke, Teatske Altenburg et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Purpose: Childhood overweight is considered a complex problem influenced by a range of factors, including energy balance-related behaviours (EBRBs) and interacting drivers of these behaviours. There is growing support that applying a systems approach is required to tackle complex problems resulting in actions that attempt to change the system's dynamics. Additionally, a participatory approach is advocated to include the lived experience of the po…

  • Qualitative multi-stakeholder evaluation of the adoption, implementation and sustainment of the school-based dietary intervention “Jump-in”

    Open AccessFroukje E Takens, Indira Indyk et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    This qualitative evaluation provides valuable insights into factors influencing the adoption, implementation, and sustainment processes of dietary interventions, such as the importance of transparent and consistent intervention guidelines, clear communication regarding the rationale behind intervention guidelines, and, stakeholders' involvement in decision-making

  • Enriching the evidence base of co-creation research in public health with methodological principles of critical realism

    Open AccessKatrina Messiha, Teatske M Altenburg et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2024

    With the popularity of co-creation research in public health and other fields, there is a need to strengthen its evidence-base by developing a framework based on meta-theoretical principles. The lack of applying meta-theoretical principles in co-creation research impedes the theory-and evidence building. Critical realism seems a promising candidate for providing meta-theoretical principles to enrich the evidence base of co-creation research in pu…

  • Understanding the system dynamics of obesity-related behaviours in 10- to 14-year-old adolescents in Amsterdam from a multi-actor perspective

    Open AccessAngie Luna Pinzon, Karien Stronks et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction and Methods: To develop an understanding of the dynamics driving obesity-related behaviours in adolescents, we conducted systems-based analysis on a causal loop diagram (CLD) created from a multi-actor perspective, including academic researchers, adolescents and local stakeholders. Results: The CLD contained 121 factors and 31 feedback loops. We identified six subsystems with their goals: (1) interaction between adolescents and the f…

  • How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Health Promotion Actions Developed Through Youth-Centered Participatory Action Research

    Open AccessManou Anselma, Teatske M Altenburg et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2023

    Most actions targeting children’s health behaviors have limited involvement of children in the development, potentially contributing to disappointing effectiveness. Therefore, in the 3-year “Kids in Action” study, 9- to 12-year-old children from a lower-socioeconomic neighborhood were involved as coresearchers in the development, implementation, and evaluation of actions targeting health behaviors. The current study describes the controlled trial…

  • Is the transition from primary to secondary school a risk factor for energy balance-related behaviours? A systematic review

    Open AccessHelga Emke, Coosje Dijkstra et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: The substantial changes in the physical and social environment during the transition from primary to secondary school may significantly impact adolescents’ energy balance-related behaviours (i.e. dietary behaviour, sedentary behaviour, sleep behaviour and physical activity (PA)). This is the first review systematically summarising evidence on changes in four energy balance-related behaviours of adolescents across the school transition …

  • Promoting children's sleep health

    Open AccessLaura S Belmon, Maartje M Van Stralen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: To design a comprehensive approach to promote children's sleep health in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we combined Intervention Mapping (IM) with the Health in All Policies (HiAP) perspective. We aimed to create an approach that fits local infrastructures and policy domains across sectors. Methods: First, a needs assessment was conducted, including a systematic review, two concept mapping studies, and one cross-sectional sleep diary stu…

  • Linking the RCADS-25 to the PROMIS® pediatric item banks Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a general Dutch population sample

    Open AccessLeonie Klaufus, Xiaodan Tang et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2022

  • Differences in Anxiety and Depression Among Migrant and Non-Migrant Primary School Children in The Netherlands

    Open AccessMia P Kösters, Mai J M Chinapaw et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2022

    This is the first Dutch study investigating symptoms of five DSM-IV-classified anxiety disorders and depression in a large sample of pre-adolescent children with and without a migration background, adjusting for socioeconomic position (SEP) and social preference. Both are potential explanatory factors for differences in mental health among migrant children. We measured anxiety and depression scores with the self-report Revised Child Anxiety and D…

  • Psychometric properties of the Dutch-Flemish PROMIS® pediatric item banks Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a general population

    Open AccessLeonie Klaufus, Michiel A J Luijten et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021

  • Trends in Neuromotor Fitness in 10-to-12-Year-Old Dutch Children

    Open AccessManou Anselma, Dorine Collard et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Children with a low level of neuromotor fitness are less skilled to participate in sports activities. Moreover, lower levels of neuromotor fitness are related to adiposity, lower cardiovascular health and poor self-esteem in children. The aim of this paper was to determine neuromotor fitness in 10-to-12-year-old Dutch children over a ten-year period. Test scores measured in 2015/2017 (N=533 in 2015, N=941 in 2017) were compared with scores of sam…

  • A System Dynamics and Participatory Action Research Approach to Promote Healthy Living and a Healthy Weight among 10–14-Year-Old Adolescents in Amsterdam

    Open AccessWilma Waterlander, Angie Luna Pinzon et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    This paper describes the design of the LIKE programme, which aims to tackle the complex problem of childhood overweight and obesity in 10-14-year-old adolescents using a systems dynamics and participatory approach. The LIKE programme focuses on the transition period from 10-years-old to teenager and was implemented in collaboration with the Amsterdam Healthy Weight Programme (AHWP) in Amsterdam-East, the Netherlands. The aim is to develop, implem…

  • Not Only Adults Can Make Good Decisions, We as Children Can Do That as Well” Evaluating the Process of the Youth-Led Participatory Action Research ‘Kids in Action’

    Open AccessManou Anselma, Mai J M Chinapaw et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    In Youth-led Participatory Action Research (YPAR), youth collaborate with academic researchers to study a problem, develop actions that align with their needs and interests, and become empowered. 'Kids in Action' aimed to develop actions targeting healthy physical activity and dietary behavior among, and together with, 9-12-year-old children as co-researchers. This paper presents the process evaluation of 'Kids in Action' based on eight focus gro…

  • Child and Parent Perceived Determinants of Children’s Inadequate Sleep Health. A Concept Mapping Study

    Open AccessLaura S Belmon, Vincent Busch et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Many children do not meet the recommendations for healthy sleep, which is concerning given the potential negative effects on children's health. To promote healthy sleep, it is crucial to understand its determinants. This concept mapping study therefore explores perspectives of children and parents on potential determinants of children's inadequate sleep. The focus lies on 9-12 year old children ( n = 45), and their parents ( n = 33), from low soc…

  • Gender Influence on Students, Parents, and Teachers’ Perceptions of What Children and Adolescents in Germany Need to Cycle to School

    Open AccessDorothea M I Schönbach, Catherina Brindley et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Active commuting to school is highly recommended for several reasons, and in the decision-making process for doing so, a child interacts with parents and teachers. Until now, these three interactors' gender-specific perspectives on children and adolescents' need for cycling to school have been unavailable. Thus, our concept mapping study analyzed the needs of 12- to 15-year-olds in Germany for cycling to and from school daily, as perceived by stu…

  • The Unique Extended Selection Cohorts Design for the Evaluation of the School-Based Jump-In Intervention on Dietary Habits

    Open AccessFroukje E Takens, Vincent Busch et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Background : To promote healthy dietary and physical activity behaviour among primary school children, the city of Amsterdam structurally implements the school-based Jump-in intervention in over half of its primary schools. Previously shown to be effective in stimulating physical activity and outside recess play, our study is the first to evaluate Jump-in's effect on children's dietary behaviour. Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation pr…